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It’s amazing how people can change for a variety of reasons
DEAR EDITOR,
Up until I read his statement about the opposition running the risk of becoming obsolete, I had a high regard for Mr. Ramesh Dookhoo and was considering him both a friend and a patriot – but alas, it is amazing how people can change for a variety of reasons.
His statement must be seen in the widest context of our total socio-economic environment change. He and I, one time sat as members on the GWI board; first question, why as Chairman he has not tackled the question of water hydrants for the City, which he once felt was a necessity.
Yes, we can always have signs and symbols of progress and development while we crush the human soul. Perhaps Mr. Dookhoo – a Guyanese may not appreciate this fact – massive buildings and great development while the gap between the haves and the have nots widens at an alarming rate. We have an educational system that is producing a minority of top flyers, but also a majority underclass, perpetual poverty and discrimination. David Granger put it accurately – Educational Apartheid.
I assume Mr. Dookoo knows history; history is always a good guide. I invite him to share these sentiments taken from the poem “The Slave-Trade Merchant” (1840), by R.R Madden.
“Behold, the peace that’s owned by him who feels he does no wrong, or outrage when he deals in human flesh; or yet, supplies the gold”. It continues. “To stir the strife, whose victims you behold…Perhaps the Cuban merchant too, may think in guilt great chain, he’s but the farthest link, forsooth, he sees not all the ills take place, nor goes in person to the human chase…Of course he only furnishes the pelf.” And I wish to conclude with – “to human suffering, sympathy, and shame, his heart is closed and wealth is all his aim”. The emphases are mine
My Dear Ramesh, we understand where you’re coming from, but we have a duty to defend, protect the majority, some who are being marginalized.
Beyond this, must we preside over the destruction of our rivers and the environment with heavy equipment while a few build castles, while the poor live in depressed areas and must protest for basic facilities like roads, water and good schools. Visit some areas where once you had clear streams now polluted. What will you tell your children and their children when they see no marine life in the interior – gaping holes, dirty holes – where even reptiles and snakes would not venture.
But I forget this, the children of certain folks will not be here to see the mayhem, they’ll be comfortable elsewhere with the wealth generated at our expense. No thought for the Amerindian who can no longer survive in his surroundings. Must we give up our country to aliens whose only interest is the mighty dollar, RMB, Rupee etc?
Mr. Dookhoo, you must comment on corruption, and narco trading, which in Guyana is a form of development, clearly part of these very projects you trumpet about, but as Carl Greenidge said, if Amaila Falls is so glorious, you and your group should invest. The old folks say ‘put your money where your mouth is’.
Next time I’ll provide you a list of deals that we call “development” but which leave a lot to be desired. Let us hear from you the other side.
Hamilton Green, J.P.,
Mayor
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I like how yuh mess him up Hammy.
Gosh Hammy u made me blush, when I was growing up there were stories told in my primary school(ketley-1980’s) of Black SUV abducting kids, we were all scared & could’nt wait to grow up & take revenge…..but it seems as we grow older some of us change into REAL patriots cause in the end it’s about seeking out the GOOD in ourselves & others!
I’ve seen many cases where those that wronged others get crippled, fatally ill, killed or sometimes it happens to their family members!